Maha to adopt 'life cycle cost' model for green products

Green buildings bring down energy and water consumption levels by 40-50 per cent by using environmentally sustainable products.

Mumbai, April 6: The Maharashtra government is thinking of procuring green products on the basis of its life cycle costs rather than through lowest bidder process, which is currently followed in construction of buildings.

"We are discussing with Indian Green Building Council, the process of procuring green products in the government," state Public Works Department's Principal Secretary Ashish Kumar Singh said at an event organised by CII on Thursday.

"We are discussing how to build a competitive environment in which the bidders can compete by writing contracts which make life cycle costs more relevant than just lower bidder kind of an understanding of procurement," Singh said.

Green products are the materials used to build environment-friendly buildings. Adding that 'we should not miss the opportunity' Singh said 'all government buildings that will be built in Maharashtra will be green buildings'. The government has also decided to identify one iconic building in each of the six regions in the state for retrofitting and ensure that they use net zero conventional energy, he said.

PTI